Job Overview:
APTIM's Marketing & Communications team seeks a digitally versatile, growth-minded Digital Marketing Specialist to help plan, launch, and optimize integrated campaigns that build brand awareness, strengthen business development efforts, and generate leads across digital channels.
This is an opportunity for a motivated marketing professional to contribute to APTIM's global growth strategy while supporting meaningful work for clients, communities, and the ecosystems within our world's natural environments.
This role operates within APTIM's Corporate Marketing & Communications team, where the Digital Marketing function serves as a strategic hub for campaigns, content, analytics, digital experiences, and marketing technology. The Digital Marketing Specialist will be involved in content development, website updates, email marketing, social media, SEO/GEO/AEO, analytics, multimedia content, AI-enabled workflows, and cross-channel campaign support.
The Digital Marketing team functions as a cross-trained, collaborative unit. While team members may have primary areas of focus, they are expected to support broader marketing priorities rather than work within rigid channel silos.
The ideal candidate is resourceful, adaptable, and comfortable learning new systems and processes independently. This role is well suited for someone with a startup mentality who enjoys solving problems, figuring things out, wearing multiple hats, and helping move projects forward wherever needed.
Success requires initiative, collaboration, creative judgment, operational thinking, excellent content and design instincts, and a willingness to continuously learn as modern marketing practices evolve. Candidates should also bring practical experience using generative AI tools to support research, content creation, optimization, and campaign development.
The Digital Marketing Specialist reports directly to the Digital Marketing Manager.
Key Responsibilities/Accountabilities:
- Support the execution and optimization of integrated marketing campaigns across email, web, social media, paid media, events, and digital platforms.
- Collaborate with business units, subject matter experts (SMEs), business development teams, and Marketing & Communications leadership to support marketing and business objectives.
- Assist in lead-generation and nurture marketing initiatives, including email workflows, landing pages, webinars, retargeting campaigns, social campaigns, and content syndication efforts.
- Support funnel-based marketing initiatives by helping align content and campaigns to audience needs, engagement stages, and conversion opportunities.
- Assist in the coordination and implementation of account-based marketing (ABM) and targeted audience campaigns.
- Create, edit, and optimize digital marketing content across formats, including: website copy, landing pages, email campaigns, blogs and articles, social media content, case studies, promotional assets, and short-form multimedia content.
- Translate technical or complex information into clear, engaging, audience-focused marketing content.
- Support webpage creation and updates through content management systems such as WordPress.
- Apply SEO/GEO/AEO best practices, keyword optimization, and user-focused formatting across digital content.
- Assist in the creation and editing of multimedia content, including short-form video, audio clips, podcast support content, and visual-first social content.
- Utilize modern creator tools, AI-assisted creative applications, and digital platforms to support efficient content production workflows.
- Use generative AI platforms and tools within OpenAI, Anthropic, Microsoft, Perplexity, or similar platforms to support research, content development, workflow acceleration, audience analysis, and campaign optimization.
- Apply AI prompt best practices and critically evaluate AI-generated content for quality, clarity, accuracy, and brand alignment.
- Execute email campaigns and support automated nurture and drip workflows using marketing automation platforms.
- Assist with campaign implementation across CRM, CMS, analytics, social publishing, and marketing automation systems.
- Monitor campaign performance, engagement metrics, and digital KPIs while helping identify optimization opportunities and actionable insights.
- Support A/B and multivariate testing initiatives across email, landing pages, and campaign assets.
- Support conferences, trade shows, webinars, and digital event promotion efforts.
- Maintain awareness of evolving digital marketing trends, AI advancements, content formats, audience behavior, and platform changes.
Basic Qualifications:
- Bachelor's degree in marketing, communications, journalism, public relations, business, or a related field.
- 3-5 years of experience in digital marketing, marketing communications, content marketing, campaign execution, or related roles. Experience in the AEC, environmental, energy, infrastructure, or professional services sectors is a plus.
- Experience working in fast-paced, collaborative, or lean-team environments where adaptability and self-direction were required.
- Experience working within digital campaign environments involving email marketing, audience segmentation, campaign reporting, analytics, social publishing, content management systems, or marketing automation workflows.
- Strong written and verbal communication skills with the ability to collaborate effectively with cross-functional teams and stakeholders and help to develop clear, audience-focused messaging and content for technical, business, and client audiences.
- Strong project management and organizational skills, with the ability to manage multiple projects, timelines, workflows, and deadlines in a fast-paced environment.
- Familiarity with funnel-based marketing, lead generation concepts, customer journeys, and account-based marketing (ABM).
- Strong creative judgment and understanding of modern digital content best practices.
- Familiarity with modern marketing technology ecosystems, including CRM systems, marketing automation platforms, CMS platforms, analytics tools, social media publishing tools, AI platforms, and creator-focused applications .
- Comfort learning new tools, systems, and digital workflows independently.
- Practical experience using generative AI tools within marketing workflows and an understanding of prompt engineering best practices.
- Experience with modern creator and content production tools video editing, audio editing, podcast support, or multimedia content production is a plus.
- Basic understanding of HTML and website formatting is a plus.
- Proficiency with Microsoft Office suite (i.e., Word, Excel, PowerPoint, SharePoint); Additional proficiencies with Microsoft applications (i.e., Power Automate, Forms, Planner) is a plus.
Professional Development & Cross-Training:
Because the Digital Marketing team operates as a cross-trained execution unit, team members are expected to continuously expand their capabilities across digital marketing disciplines, platforms, and workflows.
Training and development plans are tailored based on existing experience, self-assessment discussions, operational needs, and collaborative working sessions to support ongoing growth across campaign execution, content development, digital platforms, analytics, AI-enabled workflows, and marketing operations.
Application Materials:
To be considered for this position, please submit:
- Resume
- Cover letter
- 5-6 work samples demonstrating digital marketing, content creation, campaign execution, multimedia content, analytics/reporting, or AI-assisted marketing work. Portfolio links or examples of multimedia/social content are encouraged.
About APTIM
APTIM enhances the quality of the environment, wellbeing of people, resilience of communities, and opportunity for employees to make a difference, not just a living. A leading professional solutions firm, we specialize in environmental, sustainability, resilience, and infrastructure solutions. Our team of experts provide these integrated solutions for forward-thinking government agencies, commercial and industrial clients, and energy customers. Together, we create sustainable and resilient communities for all.
What you can expect from APTIM:
- Work that is worthy of your time and talent
- Respect and flexibility to live a full life at work and at home
- Dogged determination to deliver for our clients and communities
- A voice in making our company better
- Investment into your personal and professional development
As of the date of this posting, a good faith estimate of the current pay range for this position is $36.00 to $40.87 per hour. Compensation depends on several factors including: experience, education, key skills, geographic location of the position, client requirements, external market competitiveness, and internal equity among other employees within APTIM.
Employee Benefits
APTIM CORP is committed to providing an extensive range of benefits that protect and promote the health and financial well-being of our employees and their families through the APTIM Benefits Marketplace https://aptim.makeityoursource.com/.
- Medical, vision, and dental insurance: Through the marketplace, our employees can choose benefits from five metallic levels and several carriers to find the right benefits that work for them in their location.
- Company paid and optional Life insurance
- Short-term and long-term disability insurance
- Accident, Critical Illness, and Hospital Indemnity coverage
- Paid holidays, vacation, and sick leave (eligibility based on company policy and applicable law)
- 401(k) APTIM offers three 401k plans through the Aon Pooled Employer Plan (PEP). The specific plan you are eligible for depends on the business unit you are in. The details of the largest plan are found here:
- APTIM 401(k) Guide
- APTIM - Helpful Documents
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